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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 34E

Declarations relating to migratory species
(1)
The Minister may make a declaration under section 33 relating to a listed migratory species only if:

(a)
the Minister is satisfied that the declaration is not inconsistent with the Commonwealth's obligations under whichever of the following conventions or agreements because of which the species is listed:

(i)
the Bonn Convention;
(ii)
CAMBA;
(iii)
JAMBA;
(iv)
an international agreement approved under subsection 209(4); and
(b)
the Minister is satisfied that the declaration will promote the survival and/or enhance the conservation status of each species to which the declaration relates; and

(c)
the declaration meets the requirements (if any) prescribed by the regulations.

(2)
The Minister may accredit a management plan under section 33 for the purposes of a declaration relating to a listed migratory species only if:

(a)
the Minister is satisfied that the management plan is not inconsistent with the Commonwealth's obligations under whichever of the following conventions or agreements because of which the species is listed:

(i)
the Bonn Convention;
(ii)
CAMBA;
(iii)
JAMBA;
(iv)
an international agreement approved under subsection 209(4); and
(b)
the Minister is satisfied that the management plan will promote the survival and/or enhance the conservation status of each species to which the declaration relates.

Subdivision D—Other rules about declarations



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